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  • Leaves showing the full spectrum of autumn colors hang from a maple tree in Lynnwood, Washington.
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  • Autumn oak leaves fall onto fresh snow in Snohomish County, Washington.
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  • Leaves of a Wych elm (Ulmus glabra) are backlit in the late afternoon sun on a spring day in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Elm_Leaves_Backlit_Lynnwood_1410.jpg
  • New leaves begin to form in early spring on an alder tree (Alnus rubra) in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Alder_Branch_New-Leaves_6434.jpg
  • Several layers of leaves frame the trunk of an old maple tree in Hamlin Park, Shoreline, Washington.
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  • Several maple leaves, some dusted with frost, cover the forest floor in autumn in the Shelton View Forest, Bothell, Washington.
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  • The early morning sun shines through the red autumn leaves of a maple tree in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Maple-Leaves_Sunburst_Lynnwood_7505.jpg
  • Viewed through autumn leaves, a large murder of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) fills the sky on the way to a roost site in Bothell, Washington. During the fall and winter months, as many as 15,000 crows roost there each night.
    Crows_Fall-Color_Through-Leaves_Both...jpg
  • Frost coats several fallen leaves and the ground cover near Spada Lake in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Autumn-Leaves_Frost_Spada-Lake_6804.jpg
  • Leaves, showing a full spectrum of fall color, blow in the wind as they hang from a maple tree in Lynnwood, Washington.
    Fall-Color_Maple-Leaves_Wind_Lynnwoo...jpg
  • Two wet leaves, one red and one yellow, are found at the base of the tree they fell from in Carkeek Park, Seattle, Washington.
    Fall_Leaves_RedYellow_Carkeek_5144.jpg
  • Red oak leaves, rimmed by hoar frost, sparkle and glow in the low-angle sunlight on a cold winter morning.
    OakLeaves_Red_FrostLined_0769.jpg
  • A varied thrush (Ixoreus naevius) forages among the fallen autumn leaves on the forest floor in Lynnwood, Washington.
    Thrush-Varied_Foraging_Lynnwood_1258.jpg
  • Leaves of several California corn lilies (Veratrum californicum) grow around each other in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington state. California corn lilies, also known as California false hellebore, are found in mountain meadows from the Cascades to the Sierra Nevada.
    Corn-Lilies_Gifford-Pincho-NF_8811.jpg
  • Plants and fallen leaves are visible in the water of a clear stream in the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park, Washington. Fine grains of sand cleanse the streams of the rain forest, resulting in clear, pure water.
    OlympicNP_Hoh_ClearStream_0105.jpg
  • The leaves of the poisonous corn lily (Veratrum californicum), otherwise known as a false hellebore, twist into a swirl pattern. Corn lilies are commonly found in forested areas where the soil is consistently moist.
    CornLilySwirl.jpg
  • Red oak leaves, rimmed by hoar frost, sparkle in the low-angle sunlight on a cold winter morning.
    OakLeaves_Red_Frost_0797.jpg
  • Rain falls and drips from the leaves of a vine maple tree in Twin Falls State Park near North Bend, Washington.
    Rain_VineMapleLeaves_7160.jpg
  • Camera movement during a long exposure resulted in this impressionistic view of red oak leaves outlined by frost.
    OakLeaves_Red_Frost_Impressionistic_...jpg
  • Two red leaves at the peak of their fall color hang from a Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) tree.
    Fall_TwoMapleLeaves_Kubota_5375.jpg
  • Fresh leaves of a flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) grow against a backdrop of a blooming rhododendron. The flowering currant is native to the west coast of North America, found from central British Columbia to central California.
    FloweringCurrant_NewGrowth_2539.jpg
  • Small leaves are completely encased in ice during a spell of subfreezing temperatures in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon. Dozens of waterfalls in the area occasionally freeze during the winter months.
    OR_LeavesInIce_Multnomah_4921.jpg
  • Golden autumn leaves float in a narrow channel near Foster Island in the Washinton Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington.
    Arboretum_FloatingLeaves_4998.jpg
  • Several branches of a poison hemlock (Conium maculatum) converge, covering the ground in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Leaves_Green_Converging_Lynnwood_578...jpg
  • New leaves form on a Youth on Age (Tolmiea menziesii) plant. The plant is named for the fact that new leaves — and sometimes new plants — form at the base of old leaves. It is also known by the names Piggyback Plant and Thousand Mothers.
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  • New leaves form on a Youth on Age (Tolmiea menziesii) plant. The plant is named for the fact that new leaves — and sometimes new plants — form at the base of old leaves. It is also known by the names Piggyback Plant and Thousand Mothers.
    YouthOnAge_0496.jpg
  • Haleakalā silversword (Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum) grows in volcanic cinder on the slope of the dormant Haleakalā volcano on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The rare Haleakalā silversword, which is considered threatened, grows at elevations above 6,900 feet (2,100 meters). The plant can have 40 or more sword-like succulent leaves covered with silver hairs, which are strong enough to resist wind. The plant is also specially adapted to the extreme high-altitude temperatures. The leaves and hairs are arranged in such a way to focus sunlight, raising the plant's temperature by as much as 36 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celcius). In Hawaiian, the plant is referred to as ʻāhinahina, which means "very gray."
    Maui_Haleakala_Silversword_6986.jpg
  • A Vine Maple (Acer circinatum) displaying a variety of its fall colors grows around a tree still displaying green leaves near Merritt, Washington.
    VineMaple_FallColor_NearNasonCreek_0...jpg
  • Grasses and autumn leaves reflect on the relatively still waters of Ebey Slough in Snohomish County, Washington.
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  • A mixture of bare branches and autumn leaves are reflected on the still waters of Ebey Slough in Snohomish County, Washington.
    WA_Ebey-Slough_Fall-Color_9908.jpg
  • A dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) rests on the branch of a cherry tree, surrounded by new leaves and blossoms. This dark-eyed junco is of the "Oregon" form, a coloration that's common in western North America.
    Junco_Dark-Eyed_Cherry-Tree_Spring_4...jpg
  • South Silver Falls, one of several scenic waterfalls in Silver Falls State Park, Oregon, is surrounded by colorful maple leaves in early fall. South Silver Falls is 177 feet (54 metres) tall.
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  • Fallen autumn leaves swirl in a vortex below Upper Beaver Creek Falls, west of Rainier, Oregon. The splash pool below the waterfall is dammed by rocks and a fallen tree and the water circles in this whirlpool until it is able to get over the blockage.
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  • Two nymph Conchuela bugs (Chlorochroa ligata) feed on rose leaves in Everett, Washington. The Conchuela bug is  type of stink bug.
    Bug-Conchuela_Nymph_Everett_6619.jpg
  • A dusky dancer (Argia translata) damselfly rests on the red leaves of a coleus plant in the Birmingham Botanical Garden in Birmigham, Alabama.
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  • Colorful garden croton (Codiaeum variegatum) leaves growing on the coast of the Hawaiian island of Maui are wet after a rainstorm. The garden croton, a shrub that can grow to heights of nearly 10 feet (3 meters), is native to southern India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands.
    Maui_GardenCroton_Makena_7034.jpg
  • Among the grass, leaves showing a variety of fall colors are reflected onto the almost still waters of Ebey Slough in Snohomish County, Washington.
    WA_Ebey-Slough_Autumn-Reflections_22...jpg
  • South Silver Falls, a 177-foot (54-metre) waterfall located in Oregon's Silver Falls State Park, is framed by maple leaves showing their fall colors.
    SouthSilverFalls_Autumn_9850.jpg
  • Fallen leaves seem to be trapped in a vortex beneath Upper Beaver Creek Falls in Oregon. The splash pool beneath the waterfall is blocked by a beaver dam, causing the water to circle before it's able to spill over the dam.
    BeaverCreekFallsHorizVortex.jpg
  • A white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), also known as the whitetail or Virginia deer, feeds on leaves in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
    Deer-Whitetail_Feeding_Shenandoah_38...jpg
  • A white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), also known as the whitetail or Virginia deer, feeds on leaves in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
    Deer-Whitetail_Feeding_Shenandoah_38...jpg
  • Red leaves at the peak of their fall color stand out against the ash-colored trunks in the forest in Acadia National Park, Maine.
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  • Fragrant water lilies (Nymphaea odorata) grow up from the bottom of Lake Washington in this underwater view from the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. The fragrant water lily's leaves float on the water surface and the plant itself is rooted in mucky or silty sediment up to six to seven feet (2 meters) deep.
    WaterLilies_Underwater_Arboretum_F00...jpg
  • The full range of fall colors—red, yellow, gold, violet and even green—are visible in the leaves of these intertwined trees along the Bellevue Botanical Garden in Bellevue, Washington.
    Fall-Color_Bellevue-Botanical_7655.jpg
  • A deciduous tree is colored like a rainbow as autumn begins to set in in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Fall-Color_Rainbow-Tree_0816.jpg
  • Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) wait in line to feast on vegetation on a sandstone bluff in Zion National Park, Utah.
    BighornSheepFeedingZion.jpg
  • An American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) flies over trees displaying their fall colors along the Sammamish River in Bothell, Washington. During the fall and winter months, more than 10,000 crows roost each night in the area.
    Crow_Flying_Fall-Color_Bothell_8767.jpg
  • Autumn color lines the banks of the Cuyahoga River as it flows through Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio.
    OH_Cuyahoga-Valley-NP_Cuyahoga-River...jpg
  • Camera movement during a long exposure blurs the fall color on a vine maple near Nason Creek in Washington state.
    FallColor_VineMaple_Abstract_NearNas...jpg
  • Sea lettuce in a variety of colors grows in a tide pool on Des Moines Beach, Des Moines, Washington.
    SeaLettuce_DesMoines_F0244.jpg
  • Fall color is represented by a single yellow leaf, floating off Foster Island in the Seattle Arboretum.
    FloatingLeafArboretum.jpg
  • A cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) picks a berry from a Chinese holly (Ilex cornuta) shrub in Everett, Washington. Cedar waxwings eat berries year-round, though they supplement their diet with insects during breading season.
    Waxwing-Cedar_Holly-Berries_Everett_...jpg
  • Trees in the Monongahela National Forest near Maysville, West Virginia, display the full spectrum of autumn colors in the early fall.
    WV_Monongahela_Fall-Color_4234.jpg
  • A Japanese maple (Acer palmatum ssp. amoenum) displays the full range of fall colors — red, yellow, green — in early autumn in the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington.
    Arboretum_Fall-Color_Maple_8274.jpg
  • A female Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) rests on the branch of a Japanese maple tree that's showing its fall colors.
    Hummingbird_Annas_Fall-Color_Maple-T...jpg
  • Several birch trees frame the view of the fall color that covers the hillsides surrounding Union Falls Pond in the Adirondacks of New York. Gilpin Hill, Bear Mountain, and Cranberry Mountain are visible in this image.
    Adirondacks_UnionFallsPond_Autumn_11...jpg
  • Fall color lines both banks of the Wenatchee River as it flows through Tumwater Canyon near Leavenworth, Washington.
    FallColor_TumwaterCanyon_WenatcheeRi...jpg
  • The nearly full moon rises between the branches of a madrona tree, located near Eatonville, Washington.
    Full Moon and Pacific Madrone (#0567)
  • Golden aspens, at the peak of their fall color, stand at the base of the Sangre de Christo mountain range near Zapata, Colorado.
    AspensSangreDeChristoCO.jpg
  • A new branch grows out from rough bark on a Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii) tree on San Juan Island in Washington state. Pacific madrone trees are also known as arbutus or madrona trees.
    Arbutus_New-Branch_Bark_San-Juan_762...jpg
  • Golden fall color lines the snow-covered banks of Blackrock Creek after the first autumn snowfall in Teton County, Wyoming. Grouse Mountain, a 6,884-foot (2,098-meter) peaks is visible through the storm clouds on the horizon.
    WY_Blackrock-Creek_Autumn-Snow_2699.jpg
  • Sea lettuce in a variety of colors grows in a tide pool on Des Moines Beach, Des Moines, Washington.
    SeaLettuce_DesMoines_F0246.jpg
  • California corn lilies (Veratrum californicum) grow around blue lupins in a meadow in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. California corn lilies, also known as California false hellebore, are found in mountain meadows from the Cascades to the Sierra Nevada.
    RainierNP_CornLilies_Lupine_3706.jpg
  • Several Quaking Aspens (Populus tremuloides) display their golden fall color in a valley in the Wenatchee National Forest of Washington state.
    Aspens_Quaking_Golden_WenatcheeNF_05...jpg
  • South Silver Falls, surrounded by fall color, is reflected in the south fork of Silver Creek in Oregon. South Silver Falls, which drops 177 feet, is the tallest of the ten major waterfalls located in Silver Falls State Park.
    SouthSilverFallsCreekAutumnReflectio...jpg
  • The Swift River flows into Rocky Gorge, lined by a variety of trees displaying their fall colors in the White Mountains, New Hampshire..
    NH_SwiftRiver_RockyGorge_Fall_1465.jpg
  • Grass and shrubs displaying autumn colors reflect on the calm water of Ebey Slough in Snohomish County, Washington.
    WA_Ebey-Slough_Autumn-Reflections_98...jpg
  • The first hints of autumn color are visible through fog over Kendall Lake in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio.
    OH_Cuyahoga-Valley-NP_Kendall-Lake_F...jpg
  • Fall color seems to spill like a waterfall down Sunrise Ridge in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.
    Fall-Color-Falls_Rainier-Sunrise-Rid...jpg
  • A chestnut-backed chickadee (Poecile rufescens) feeds on a seed while perched in a maple tree displaying its red fall colors in Snohomish County, Washington. Chestnut-backed chickadees, found throughout the Pacific Northwest and western Canada, primarily feed on insects and small invertebrates, but will eat some seeds, especially those of conifers.
    Chickadee_ChestnutBacked_FallColor_5...jpg
  • Three mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) rest on a pond surrounded by fall colors in the Wenatchee National Forest of Washington state.
    FallColor_Ducks_NasonCreek_0624.jpg
  • A variety of trees and shrubs display their fall colors along the banks of Nason Creek, east of Stevens Pass in Washington state.
    FallColor_NasonCreek_0521.jpg
  • An Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) feeds on seeds from a maple tree in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. The Eastern Gray Squirrel is native to the United States east of the Mississippi River, but was introduced to several cities in Washington, Oregon, California and British Columbia. It does not hibernate, but does store seeds and nuts in tree cavities and the ground for the winter.
    Arboretum_Squirrel_Autumn_2699.jpg
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  • A cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) swallows a berry from a Chinese holly (Ilex cornuta) shrub in Everett, Washington. Cedar waxwings eat berries year-round, though they supplement their diet with insects during breading season.
    Waxwing-Cedar_Holly-Berries_Everett_...jpg
  • Seven American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos), one carrying food that it scavenged, fly past maple trees displaying a variety of autumn colors in Kenmore, Washington.
    Crows_Fall-Color_Kenmore_2357.jpg
  • Several maple trees, each displaying a different fall color, grow together near North Creek in Bothell, Washington.
    Fall-Color_North-Creek_Bothell_9747.jpg
  • The red and golden fall color of a maple tree provides an autumn backdrop for a spider web in Snohomish County, Washington.
    SpiderWeb_FallColor_4526.jpg
  • The sun shines through the trunk of a maple tree in Interlaken Park, Seattle, Washington.
    Tree_Maple_Sunburst_Interlaken_1820.jpg
  • A golden autumn leaf floats in a narrow channel near Foster Island in the Washinton Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington.
    Arboretum_FloatingLeaf_4863.jpg
  • Colorful maple trees displaying the peak of their fall colors line the banks of Nason Creek near Merritt, Washington. Merritt is located just east of Stevens Pass.
    FallColor_StevensPass_NasonCreek_047...jpg
  • Panning the camera during a long exposure creates an impressionistic view of the fall colors on several Japanese maple trees in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington.
    Arboretum_FallColor_Impressionistic_...jpg
  • An assortment of trees show a wide variety of fall colors in the Woodland Garden in the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington.
    Arboretum_WoodlandGarden_Autumn_5327.jpg
  • American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) seem to replace the leaves on the otherwise bare winter trees along the Sammamish River in Bothell, Washington. More than 10,000 crows roost in a small area of city each night in the winter months.
    Crows_Replace-Leaves_Bothell_9319.jpg
  • American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) have largely replaced leaves on three winter trees near North Creek in Bothell, Washington. American crows spend most of the day in small groups of between 5 and 15 birds. As the sun sets, however, thousands of crows gather in staging areas before traveling to their roost in the city, which is home to more than 10,000 crows.
    Crows_Three-Trees_Sunset_North-Creek...jpg
  • Golden Larch trees (Pseudolarix amabilis) at the peak of their fall color line frame Liberty Bell Mountain (left) and the Early Winters Spires in the North Cascades of Washington state. Golden Larches, while not considered true larches, are known for shedding their needles each fall. The needles grow back each spring and transition from deep green to blue green over the course of the summer. In late September or early October, the needles turn golden and drop, just like the leaves on deciduous trees.
    NorthCascades_EarlyWintersLibertyBel...jpg
  • Golden Larch trees (Pseudolarix amabilis) at the peak of their fall color frame Blue Lake and several peaks near Washington Pass in the North Cascades of Washington state. Golden Larches, while not considered true larches, are known for shedding their needles each fall. The needles grow back each spring and transition from deep green to blue green over the course of the summer. In late September or early October, the needles turn golden and drop, just like the leaves on deciduous trees. Of the mountains in the cluster at left, Liberty Bell Mountain is the leftmost peak; the Early Winters Spires are the tight cluster of three peaks at the center of the mountains shown.
    NorthCascades_BlueLake_GoldenLarches...jpg
  • A soaptree yucca (Yucca elata) casts a long shadow over a dune in the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. Shifting sand has partially buried this yucca. The plant's stem can grow as much as one foot per year to help it keep its leaves above the sand.
    NM_WhiteSands_YuccaShadow_1291.jpg
  • An oak leaf leaves an impression in the ice covering a small pond in Snohomish County, Washington. The leaf fell on the pond after it froze and protected the ice immediately beneath it from sublimation, a natural process where ice transitions into vapor without turning to liquid first. This is the same process that causes a snow on a field to vanish during a prolonged cold spell. Reflections of trees surrounding the pond are visible around the edges of the leaf impression.
    Leaf_Oak_Ice_Impression_9686.jpg
  • An oak leaf leaves an impression in the ice covering a small pond in Snohomish County, Washington. Trees surrounding the pond are also reflected on the ice.
    Leaf_Oak_Ice_Impression_9683.jpg
  • Golden Larch trees (Pseudolarix amabilis) at the peak of their fall color frame Whistler Mountain (left) and Cutthroat Peak in the North Cascades of Washington state. The half moon begins to set behind Cutthroat Pass. Golden Larches, while not considered true larches, are known for shedding their needles each fall. The needles grow back each spring and transition from deep green to blue green over the course of the summer. In late September or early October, the needles turn golden and drop, just like the leaves on deciduous trees.
    NorthCascades_CutthroatPass_GoldenLa...jpg
  • Mineral-rich water from Konungshver, the King's Hot Spring, leaves colorful deposits as it flows from the geothermal spring in Iceland. Konungshver is located in southern Iceland near Geysir.
    Iceland_Konungshver_Runoff_2005.jpg
  • A Japanese maple tree (Acer palmatum) displays its fall colors in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. This tree, with its lacy leaves and drooping habit, is of the dissectum cultivar.
    Arboretum_JapaneseMaple_Autumn_5310.jpg
  • A tree branch leaves an impression in the snow in the Central Cascades of Washington state.
    BranchImpressionInSnow_9146.jpg
  • A red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) rests on a branch surrounded by golden autumn leaves in Magnuson Park, Seattle, Washington.
    Hawk_Red-Tailed_Foggy-Forest_Magnuso...jpg
  • Dozens of magenta rose campion (Silene coronaria) blossoms stand out against their grayish-green stems and leaves in a garden in King County, Washington.
    Campion_Rose_Flowers_Shoreline_5769.jpg
  • The bright yellow pods of velvet mesquite (Prosopis velutina) trees stand out against the green leaves in the early spring in the Boyce Thompson Arboretum, located in the Sonoran Desert near Superior, Arizona.
    Mesquite_Velvet_Patterns_Boyce-Thomp...jpg
  • Yellow daffodils bloom beneath Cascading Hearts Redbuds (Cercis canadensis) at the peak of their red springtime colors. While the redbud trees appear to be covered in blossoms, the red is actually the springtime color of the leaves, which will gradually turn green as the season progresses.
    IL_Morton_Redbuds_Daffodils_5328.jpg
  • An oak leaf leaves an impression in the ice covering a small pond in Snohomish County, Washington. The leaf fell on the pond after it froze and protected the ice immediately beneath it from sublimation, a natural process where ice transitions into vapor without turning to liquid first. This is the same process that causes a snow on a field to vanish during a prolonged cold spell. Reflections of trees surrounding the pond are visible around the edges of the leaf impression.
    Leaf_Oak_Ice_Impression_9673.jpg
  • Golden Larch trees (Pseudolarix amabilis) at the peak of their fall color line Blue Lake and several peaks near Washington Pass in the North Cascades of Washington state. Golden Larches, while not considered true larches, are known for shedding their needles each fall. The needles grow back each spring and transition from deep green to blue green over the course of the summer. In late September or early October, the needles turn golden and drop, just like the leaves on deciduous trees. Of the mountains in the cluster at left, Liberty Bell Mountain is the leftmost peak; the Early Winters Spires are the tight cluster of three peaks at the center of the mountains shown.
    NorthCascades_BlueLake_GoldenLarches...jpg
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